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Google has open-sourced GNM Head, its parametric model for generating 3D human heads The model, based on real-world scan data, provides 250 controls for head shape, and 380+ for facial expressions A free add-on integrates it into Blender #B3D

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You can now use V-Ray free for commercial #VFX, #animation and #motiongraphics work in #Blender Check out the strengths and limitations of the new V-Ray for Blender Community Edition, and how it compares to other key production renderers #B3D #VRay

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Redshift 2026.6 is out Check out the new features in Maxon's GPU renderer, including support for hex tiling to minimize visible repeats in texture maps #Redshift #Redshift3D #texturing #rendering #VFX #motiongraphics Maxon

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Neat free #Blender add-on #LimbKit creates 3D hands and feet Jörg Grubmüller's #GeometryNodes based tool provides a quick way to block out hands, feet (and paws and claws) for your 3D characters, for #illustration and #animation work #B3D Jörg Grubmüller🔸

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3D texture painting software Wafer is now free in beta on Windows PCs The Windows beta is based on the latest iPad release of Sparseal's promising non-photorealistic #texturing app, and includes new features like the Smudge tool #gamedev

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Arnold can now import, relight and render 3D Gaussian Splats Check out the other new features in the renderer, including updates to toon shading and experimental free cloud rendering service Flow Render #ArnoldRenderer #3DGS #VFX Arnold

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#KangarooBuilder for #Maya now supports topology transfer The neat all-round toolset for building character rigs can now warp all of the blendshapes for one character to another with different topology Free for personal use #animation #VFX #gamedev

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(1/2) #NVIDIA and Shutterstock have announced a landmark deal to build new generative #AIart tools that will let users create custom 3D models simply by typing in text descriptions #3Dmodeling #gamedev #motiongraphics #VFX #archviz

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Inexpensive Blender add-on iCrowds adds animated crowds to animations or visualizations Version 2.0 adds a ragdoll system for action shots #iCrowds #Blender #VFX #simulation #animation #archviz Hothifa Smair

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Check out Brom VFX's breakdown of its invisible effects (plus a literal Siamese cat) for Netflix political drama The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto) Watch the full video on the Brom VFX website: #VFX #VFXbreakdown #BromVFX

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#Blender 5.1 is here Read our pick of the 5 key features in the #opensource 3D software, from the new Raycast and Mask to SDF nodes to improvements to #rendering and #animation #B3D #3Dmodeling #texturing #gamedev #VFX #motiongraphics Blender 🔶

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Free tool: Crate's Black Hole ProductionCrate's neat free After Effects plugin generates beautiful, Interstellar-inspired black holes for your VFX and motion graphics projects #AfterEffects #VFX #motiongraphics ProductionCrate

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Check out Industrial Light & Magic's narrated #VFXbreakdown for #JurassicWorldRebirth. It covers the creature work (natch), but also other effects like this new fluid simulation pipeline Watch the full video: #VFX #simulation @ilmvfx

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Free tutorial: Creating Cinematics in Unreal Engine 5 Discover how to create a dynamic chase scene like this one using #UnrealEngine, #Blender and #Houdini with DNEG artist Kosuke Iwasaki's free tutorial for The Gnomon Workshop #UE5 The Gnomon Workshop

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Promising new #motiongraphics and #compositing tool #Caddis combines an #AfterEffects style timeline with the 'procedural power of a node graph inside every layer' The app - developed by Shopify motion design lead Mike Gaynor - is currently free in beta

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Check out this neat GPU-accelerated Houdini Skin Slide Deformer DNEG TD Mengya Zhang's OpenCL-based tool generates realistic, volume-preserving skin sliding, and can be tried for free on personal projects #Houdini #characterrigging #animation

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Free assets: get six free fire and smoke effects from @FXBackpack The FX are available as VDB file sequences optimized for #Blender, and as 2K ProRes MOV files for #compositing into #VFX or #motiongraphics projects Licensed for commercial use #B3D

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Blender 4.3 is now available to download Read our pick of the 5 key new features in the #opensource 3D app, from Grease Pencil 3 to updates to #digitalsculpting, materials and #rendering, including light linking in #Eevee #B3D #gamedev #VFX @blender

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Substance 3D Painter 11.0 is out Check out the latest features in the 3D texture painting app, including an Auto-update system, and new path tools, filters and texture generators #Substance3DPainter #texturing #gamedev #motiongraphics #VFX @substance3d

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Free tool: standalone GPU FLIP fluid simulator Storm HydroFX is free in beta The promising new tool can export liquid #simulation in Alembic format, for use in other CG software like #3dsMax, #Blender or #UnrealEngine #VFX #motiongraphics Storm VFX

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